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Amphidonte

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Amphidonte was named by Fischer von Waldheim (1829) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 159]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Exogyrinae by Vokes (1980), Stilwell (1998); to Nanogyrini by Casadio (1998); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Amphidonteini by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim
1980Amphidonte Vokes p. 64
1998Amphidonte Casadio p. 451
1998Amphidonte Stilwell p. 52
2002Amphidonte Sepkoski
2010Amphidonte Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyExogyrinaeVialov 1936
tribeNanogyriniMalchus 1990
genusAmphidonteFischer von Waldheim 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Amphidonte Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Subg. †Amphidonte (Amphidonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1829
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Invalid names: Ostrea auricularis Geinitz 1869 [synonym]
†Amphidonte columba Lamarck 1819
†Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813
†Amphidonte humboldtii Fischer de Waldheim 1829
†Amphidonte mendozana Ihering 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 157.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France A. sp. (67975)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina A. sp. (61589 151914)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Yemen (Wadi Hajarq) A. sp. (2577)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Yemen (Wadi Hajar) A. latissima, A. sp. (2578) A. sp. (2568 2619)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Kochi) A. subhaliotoidea (40550)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Sonora) A. obliquata (82139)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) A. subhaliotoidea (40213 40214 40553 40554)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Chiba) A. subhaliotoidea (39580)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan A. yabei (91299)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan A. subhaliotoidea (91253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan (Iwate) A. subhaliotoidea (40215 40555)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) A. obliquatum (51597 51674)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Japan (Chiba) A. subhaliotoidea (39581)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) A. obliquata (6280) A. obliquatum (51673)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Afghanistan (Takhar) A. conica (78086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria A. sp. (185654)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany A. sp. (12586 12594)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia A. haliotoideum (90513)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany A. sp. (12588 12589 12590)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation (Volgograd) A. conicum, A. subconicum (92399)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Afghanistan (Takhar) A. columba (78078)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Egypt (Sinai) A. obliquatum (3762)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia A. reticulatum, A. sigmoideum (90516 90517 90518)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt A. obliquatum (138418 138419)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Afghanistan (Takhar) A. conica, A. columba (78079)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Minnesota) A. sp. (88013)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Exogyra parasitica (44214)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand A. conica (63092)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan) A. asiatica (58711)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand A. conica (63091 63093 63094 63096)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Tunisia A. pyrenaicum (185652)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Algeria A. pyrenaicum (185645)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. parasitica (167696 167697 167698)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. parasitica (185368) Exogyra parasitica (72056)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) A. conica (3640 3641 3642 3644 3646)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Libya A. pyrenaicum (185660)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Exogyra pyrenaica (13218)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. mendozana (106075)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. mendozana (73882 73883 73957 73960 73961 73962 73963 73964 220770 220772)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany A. auricularis (1390) A. griepenkerli (1342)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Madagascar A. pyrenaicum (1322)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (La Pampa) A. mendozana (106091)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Serbia A. auricularis (1380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt A. pyrenaicum (1363 185809 185819)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. mendozana (66656 105859 236247)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India A. pyrenaicum (1351)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya A. pyrenaicum (1370)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Exogyra mendozana (241580 242066)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman A. pyrenaicum (1381) A. sp. (151618 151619)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Algeria A. pyrenaicum (185646)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Exogyra mendozana (240159)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. sp. (1371)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Exogyra pyrenaica (59763)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation A. auricularis (1388)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) A. pyrenaicum (1384)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. mendozana (74027 74028 74061 74070)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Normandy) A. auricularis (1325)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain A. pyrenaicum (1317)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico A. sp. (1372)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) A. sp. (185450)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bulgaria A. auricularis (1332)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia A. pyrenaicum (185653)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands A. auricularis (1326)